{"id":334,"date":"2009-08-12T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityblock.wordpress.com\/?p=334"},"modified":"2009-08-12T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T16:00:28","slug":"more-warehousing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/12\/more-warehousing\/","title":{"rendered":"More warehousing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Building off the previous <a href=\"http:\/\/cityblock.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/10\/dcs-few-old-warehouses\/\">posts<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/cityblock.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/12\/more-warehousing\/\">warehouses<\/a> and their districts, I have some more pictures from my most recent (and a few older ones as well) trip to Minneapolis, focusing on the Warehouse District.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-335\" title=\"IMG_4477\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_4477.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_4477\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4477.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4477.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4477.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4477.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4477.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two main streets define the Warehouse District &#8211; Washington Avenue and 1st Avenue.\u00a0 These streets run perpendicular to each other.\u00a0 Washington runs (kinda) East-West (Minneapolis&#8217; street grid downtown is skewed off axis, orienting towards the Mississippi River) and 1st runs North-South.<\/p>\n<p>First Avenue is closer to the core of downtown, and the warehouses there are more ornate and quicker to redevelop.\u00a0 At the southern end of 1st Ave is Minneapolis&#8217; arena, the Target Center, as well as the legendary music venue, First Avenue:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-336\" title=\"IMG_4463\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_4463.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_4463\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4463.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4463.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4463.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4463.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_4463.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can almost hear Prince doing a soundcheck inside.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Avenue is revitalizing as the new North Loop neighborhood, but it&#8217;s still a raw place:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-337\" title=\"IMG_1184\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1184.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1184\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1184.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1184.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1184.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1184.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1184.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been plenty of new investment in the area, both in renovations and new construction:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-338\" title=\"IMG_1205\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1205.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1205\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1205.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1205.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1205.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1205.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1205.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-339\" title=\"IMG_1203\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1203.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1203\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1203.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1203.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1203.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1203.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1203.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New developments are adding retail to the area, complementing some older establishments:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-340\" title=\"IMG_1181\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1181.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1181\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1181.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1181.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1181.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1181.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1181.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-341\" title=\"IMG_1186\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1186.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" alt=\"IMG_1186\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1186.jpg?w=1944&amp;ssl=1 1944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1186.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1186.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1186.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1186.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And all this time, industry rolls on in the area:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344\" title=\"IMG_1200\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1200.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1200\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1200.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1200.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1200.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1200.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1200.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-345\" title=\"IMG_1202\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_12021.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" alt=\"IMG_1202\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_12021.jpg?w=1944&amp;ssl=1 1944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_12021.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_12021.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_12021.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_12021.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And there are plenty of vestiges from past industries &#8211; Creamette, International Harvester,<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-346\" title=\"IMG_1170\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1170.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" alt=\"IMG_1170\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1170.jpg?w=1944&amp;ssl=1 1944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1170.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1170.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1170.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1170.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-347\" title=\"IMG_1196\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1196.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1196\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1196.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1196.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1196.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1196.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1196.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a little outside of the Warehouse District proper &#8211; the old Grain Belt Brewery:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348\" title=\"IMG_1235\" src=\"http:\/\/cityblock.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/img_1235.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"IMG_1235\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1235.jpg?w=2592&amp;ssl=1 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1235.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1235.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1235.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img_1235.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building off the previous posts on warehouses and their districts, I have some more pictures from my most recent (and a few older ones as well) trip to Minneapolis, focusing on the Warehouse District. Two main streets define the Warehouse District &#8211; Washington Avenue and 1st Avenue.\u00a0 These streets run perpendicular to each other.\u00a0 Washington [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minneapolis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pHcGQ-5o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}